Food Product Assistance

IBID helps North Dakota businesses, existing and startups, improve their competitiveness by providing access to the technical assistance resources at NDSU thereby helping to solve specific technical questions or needs. These services are provided on a confidential basis. IBID working in close cooperation with the NDSU College of Agriculture and the College of Human Development and Education can assist you with your food product needs.

Typical Questions

• Can you help us determine if our food product is safe?
• Can you help us with a nutrition label for our product?
• Where can I go to get a shelf life study done?
• Where can I go to find packaging information.

A website "Food Entrepreneur-Guide to the Food Industry" has been developed to assist with many of the questions. http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/cdfs/foodent/entrpnr.htm

Customer Comments

What We Will Do

IBID can provide you with a self assessment tool to aid you in determining if you company is ready to implement e-business practices. IBID assistance will be prompt and one-on-one. All proprietary information will be held confidential. We will then provide assistance through our own expertise and/or looking up information. If it is a question beyond our expertise or scope, we will refer you to other resources. NDSU Food Scientists have been are active in the North Dakota Food Processors Association. A list of NDSU faculty with interest and expertise in the Food Industry has been prepared. After we provide the assistance, we will send you a brief evaluation survey to determine your satisfaction and the economic impact of our assistance.

Cost

Initial interviews and services are provided without charge. If the project requires major research or investment, a cost proposal will be prepared. Agreement on cost will be made before extended services are provided.

Useful Web Sites

Food Safety

http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/media/haccp/haccp.htm